In the Zone

So often, we find ourselves falling back into our comfort zones where the air is warm, the seas are calm and the breeze is as mellow as early mornings. I see the appeal. In fact, I lived in it almost perpetually for the majority of my twenty years. Only in the summer before my senior year of high school did I begin to realize the imminent danger that awaits those who don’t step out onto life’s diving board.
Ever since then I began to challenge myself; face fears that I didn’t even know I had. I erased words like “CAN’T” from my vocab. (Thanks Don!)

I opened myself up to people. In doing so, I sometimes even found comfort and commonality with strangers that I formerly found only in my brother, parents and closest high school friends.

I found myself on the cusp of personal epiphanies much more frequently. A passion for knowledge and understanding bloomed within. And it has been eye opening.

As I trekked down life's road with this direction, I started to feel invincible, unstoppable, and irresistible. *wink wink* (Thus the birth of Superman) Confidence was dripping from my nose like a head cold.

But during all the high flying, I have to remember to remain grounded. Reach beyond my immediate grasp without over extending. I have to remind myself sometimes that I’m only human. Of course I am constantly tempted by the reassurance of my comfort zone, but it’s a place that you just have to part ways with sometimes. You learn important lessons outside the zone like,

• how to take criticism,
  
• how to learn from your mistakes, and
  
• how to overcome your fears, whatever they may be.

I think it will make you a better person if you're willing to take the risk. Give it a try!

On another note, there's almost always some song that is part of the inspiration for a lot of the stuff that comes to my mind, but in this case, it was the other way around.

I thought of a song that went well with the tone of what I was saying after I wrote it. The song is called "Time and Time Again", by Chronic Future which is my favorite on their 2004 album Lines in my Face. CF is a Hip Hop Rock band from Phoenix, Arizona. They have an awfully interesting style and good, thoughtful lyrics. I like em.

Peace.

~Superman